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Marine Dead in ‘Non-Combat Related Incident’ in Baghdad

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Thinkstock 102514 BaghdadMap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1414244068523Marcio Silva/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Friday night that a Marine was killed in a “non-combat related incident.”

The Pentagon identified the Marine as Lance Cpl. Sean Neal, 19, saying he died on Thursday. He was from Riverside, Calif. The incident that caused his death is under further investigation.

Neal was one of about 1,400 U.S. military forces sent to Iraq since June. His death is the first since the official naming of Operation Inherent Resolve, the ongoing mission involving airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, earlier this month.





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